{"id":2405,"date":"2023-04-03T04:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2023-04-03T04:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:34:25","slug":"sunday-april-2nd-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/sunday-april-2nd-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, April 2nd, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is it possible you remember in the beginning, maybe the first week or the second week of this trip, I went to a pop-up restaurant? I was still walking, no wheels yet, so it was quite a way out of the town. The owners of the mobile restaurant decided to move away from Zambujeira Do Mar, after being there about 4 to 6 weeks. The mobile restaurant,called Sobre Rodas, decided to move to the town of Santa Clara-a- Velha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently there is an a dam here in this town. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t notice that, and I just crossed the bridge and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no water under it. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if the dam changed the Mira river here into a dry spot. I am standing on a sidewalk, in the town of Santa Clara; I was stopped here and can’t leave yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read onward and I will explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you know it, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s April 2 and I am again wondering why there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a police presence, as I drive, not as many as yesterday. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the highway now and everywhere I turn there is one of those officers with the very fluorescent green vests. Has someone posted a notice that there’s a crazy Canadian woman loose in the country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just turning into Santa Clara, an officer stopped me, and asked if I had a place to stay for at least 10 minutes., I asked why. She said bicycling…blah blah blah. You know the rest. The event is obviously on for the weekend! It is a youth cycling competition (although several competitors don’t look that young); here we go again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a lovely drive to this town, over hills and into valleys, and around hairpin bends. I wanted to get out and take pictures but, you know what happens when I start doing shooting- I get into trouble all the time, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not much of an area to pull off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stopped in town for 10 minutes! (10 minutes equals anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour or more).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After an hour or so looking around, I headed home. I did find the mobile restaurant but they didn’t seem to be set up and reaching them was by a very steep dirt path. I couldn’t find another safer access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa Clara Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Santa Clara Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Santa Clara <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waiting to begin the procession home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Uphills are slow at cycle pace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my last evening here in Zambujeira Do Mar and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sitting across the road at the coast line having a beer. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not the usual Sagres- it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually a Heineken, which I bought for a change, since I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the move starting tomorrow. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m toasting the sunset on my last day, here in the south.
A couple just passed me.I toasted to life<\/em> and we began a conversation about Portugal and how lovely it is. I said I was going home this week. Oh move back here bring your family<\/em>! That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what they said. This is the third safest country in the world<\/em>. So what are the first two? Does anybody know? I know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably not in North America! It is probably a Nordic country.
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still 18\u00c2\u00b0 here and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bright and sunny. The sun is setting. I can see the moon up there on the opposite side. The tide must be out because I could see the beach right below me and the water is really calm right now it is really peaceful here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will go back now and prepare to leave in the morning. I am a little sad but I look forward to being home again. I will miss BC. I didn’t expect to get so attached but he is a survivor, much as I am. Tomorrow it is on the road again and Lisbon. Until then friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Life and Fabulous Adventures for all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sun sets on another day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BC on our last evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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